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Registration: G-CANL

Construction Number: R3/CN/127

Model Avro 594 Avian III

Operator: Western Canada Airways Ltd

Airport: Winnipeg - International (YWG / CYWG), Canada - Manitoba

Photographer: Dave Welch Collection

Date Taken: 1931

Date Submitted: 30/03/2018

Original from C S Waterfall. Year a guess. From a correspondent - My Grandfather Eldon Carl Booker (Pilot's Certificate of Flying Machines 454) flew this aircraft and G-CANN (from his Logbook) in April 26, 1929 to April 1930. Unfortunately, in 1931 the only hangar caught fire and 12 aircraft were lost including G-CANL. Airdrome became part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Program (BCATP) in 1940 and trained 130,000 pilots and aircrew for RAF/RCAF during WW2. Stevenson Aerodrome became Winnipeg International Airport in 1958.

Picture ID:1599110

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